BABYMETAL took to social media to announce a world tour for 2018, revealing a list of dates where they will be playing over the summer.

The ‘Kawaii Metal’ trio of Su-Metal, Yuimetal and Moametal will be playing at seven shows and taking part in one festival across the US in May. They will also be performing at two shows and three festivals across Europe in June, culminating at the UK’s Download Festival.

Pre-sale of tickets for the shows go on sale from 28 February, before going on general release from 2 March. Check out the dates below and click the venue to go to the relevant page to purchase tickets for that event.

US

8 May: Kansas City, Missouri – Uptown Theater
10 May: Austin, Texas – ACL Live At The Moody Theater
11 May: Dallas, Texas – House Of Blues Dallas
13 May: Houston, Texas – Revention Music Center
15 May: Atlanta, Georgia – Tabernacle Atlanta
17 May: Charlotte, North Carolina – The Fillmore
18 May: Nashville, Tennessee – Marathon Music Works
20 May: Columbus, Ohio – Rock On The Range

Europe

1 June: Nurburg, Germany – Rock am Ring
2 June: Nuremberg, Germany – Rock im Park
4 June: Innsbruck, Austria – Music Hall Innsbruck
5 June: Utrecht, Netherlands – TivoliVredenburg
9 June: Donnington Park, UK – Download Festival